WATCH | Massive fire breaks out in Mumbai's Jogeshwari; several trapped

A fire broke out on Thursday (October 23) morning at the JNS Business Center in Mumbai’s Jogeshwari area, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Fortunately, no casualties or injuries were reported. The blaze started at the building located on SV Road in Behrampada, near Gandhi School in Jogeshwari West. Authorities received the first alert at 10:51 am, and by 11:17 am, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) had escalated the situation to a Level-III fire. Firefighters, along with police officials, 108 ambulance teams, Public Works Department (PWD) workers, BMC ward personnel, and staff from the local electricity company, promptly arrived at the scene to manage the emergency.

“The rescue operation for the trapped people is carried out by firemen donning breathing apparatus (BA) sets, along with ventilation operations,” MFB said. As per the details shared, the blaze was confined to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th floors, with flames shooting out of the ground and upper floors of the 13-storey glass-facade commercial building.

Investigation is also underway to ascertain the cause of the fire.

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In a separate incident, a fire broke out in a residential building in Malad West, Mumbai, on Wednesday (October 22) morning, injuring a resident and a firefighter during the operation to control the blaze, according to authorities. The fire department received an alert at 5:06 am about a fire at Bhumi Classic, a seven-story building located near Inorbit Mall on Link Road. The flames quickly spread to several locked flats on the sixth and seventh floors.

Several fire engines were dispatched to the scene, and it took approximately two hours to bring the fire under control. A 24-year-old resident, Shubham Agotaria, sustained an injury to his left hand and was treated at Lifeline Hospital before being discharged. A senior fire officer also suffered a minor injury during the operation and was taken to the Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari (East).

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, authorities said. Meanwhile, another fire was reported in a residential building in the Gorai area of Borivali East around midday. However, no injuries have been reported, and firefighting efforts are ongoing. In a separate incident, a large fire broke out at a cotton godown in Thane’s Bhiwandi town at around 6 am. Thick smoke billowed from the warehouse, and multiple fire engines from the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation were deployed to fight the blaze. Fortunately, no casualties have been reported so far, but the cause of the fire is still unknown.